Tag: Nuvei

Visa, Mastercard, Circle, and JPMorgan have ignited a high-stakes sprint to convert dollar-backed tokens into mainstream payment rails. Stablecoins already settle about 7 % more value on-chain than the two card networks combined, and blue-chip giants are now laying the pipes. The prize is near-frictionless money; the risks are regulatory salvos and a squeeze on interchange margins.

Mastercard is positioning itself as a leader in bridging traditional finance with digital assets through a comprehensive stablecoin strategy. By developing end-to-end infrastructure and forging key partnerships, the company aims to make stablecoins as usable as fiat currency for consumers and merchants – a move with significant implications for global payments.

German payment processor PPRO announced that its Board had elevated its Chief Commercial Officer, Motie Bring (LinkedIn), to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective from 2 Oct 2023. Motie will succeed the outgoing CEO, Simon Black, who had previously declared his intention to step down. This decision comes after a thorough internal and external search process overseen by the Board in recent months.

XM is a CySEC-regulated broker and part of the Trading Point Group, which also runs the offshore broker schemes XMTrading and XMGlobal through offshore entities and TPS Management Limited in Cyprus. The group's offshore broker schemes receives most of its clients from Asian countries. While more than 99% of the XMTrading website visitors come from Japan, XMGlobal attracts visitors from Vietnam, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. We have assigned the group an Orange Compliance rating.

To map the worldwide crypto scene is an impossible task. One encounters a practically opaque network of crypto exchanges such as Binance, ByBit, KuCoin, BitGet, etc., and connected payment processors such as Advcash or MoonPay. For example, the FIAT transactions of the crypto exchanges are processed via the latter. Of course, this is a very simplified representation. But you have to start somewhere. The "101 Crypto Ecosphere" chart shown above is such a start.

We brought our initial review for the TopFX broker scheme in Oct 2022. At that time, CySEC-regulated TopFX Ltd had been operating the two domains TopFX.com and Fondex.com. Since then, Fondex switched to the "offshore only" gear. Like the TopFX offshore mutation, Fondex is operated through TopFX Global Limited in Seychelles, which is registered as a securities dealer with the FSA Seychelles. The offshore mutations accept EEA residents and offer leverage up to 1:500. Here is our updated review.

A few weeks ago, we published our initial review about the offshore broker Alvexo is operated by HSN Capital Group Ltd, regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Seychelles. It is part of the CySEC-regulated Alvexo operated by VPR Safe Financial Group Ltd. The offshore broker accepts pre-KYC deposits with credit and debit cards, bank transfers, or e-wallets. In our follow-up review on May 2, 2022, we could have easily deposited €50,000 via bank transfer through the Nuvei cashier and optionally received a First Deposit Bonus of 30%.

The website Wealth Info (https://wealth-info.com) is a fake review site and promotes scam campaigns, which it rates with 9+ stars. Today we clicked on the 1k Daily Profit and were taken to the Investment Generator website (https://investment-generator.com), where the 1k Daily Profit campaign is running and promises wealth via Bitcoins. Those who register there will be redirected to the payment page of the offshore broker Alvexo, which belongs to the CySEC-regulated Alvexo Group.

In June 2021, we reported that the offshore entity of the CySEC-regulated FXORO offers onboarding for European clients via its offshore entity in the Seychelles. We found that FXORO uses only one client database for the regulated and the offshore mutation. The latter accepts unlimited pre-KYC deposits via SEPA bank transfer to its account with the FCA-authorized payment institution SENTENIAL and Nuvei. We received some more information about the involved individuals and entities. Here is another update!